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Greensburg 8:11 a.m. because of its easier water- u ang Hollo Lyons Run Branch ville gh Riv East Pittsburgh Branch Blt. 1900, ab. 1942 New Dep. Latrobe 8:21 a.m. level grades, is used for er Pitcairn Blt. 1893, ab. 1949 Dep. Johnstown 9:04 a.m. Brenizer Seward Blt. 1891, ab. 1984 Alexandria heavy eastbound trains Bolivar ent onemaugh 22 (Schedule as of June 9, 2014) without the need of helpers. Lockport C C ower Station Power Station er Brenizer Spur P w Turtle Creek Branch Alexandria Branch Blt. 1899, Sang Hollow 130 Blt. 1900, ab. 1942 ab. ca. 1955 .) Extension The stone arch bridge across Blt. 1891, to TCKR 1982; FUN FACT: Although most railroads Shieldsburg Built 1896; (Dundale) 217 Bolivar Branch onpitt Jct PT280 the Conemaugh at Johnstown To gh currently out of service number their tracks No. 1 for Loyalhanna Dam Blt. 1918, ab. 1943 C rebuilt as was built in 1888 and withstood Pittsbur Conpit main line 1901 westbound movement and No. 2 flood plain ( Ne Blt. by PRR the floods of 1889, 1936, and 1977. 76 Pennsylvania Turnpike for eastbound, the PRR, self- w Flor Trafford CP TRAFF (Toll) proclaimed “Standard Railroad New Florence Branch enc 403 FUN FACT: State Route of the World,” did exactly the Original Main Line; PT290 Millwood Coal & Coke Co. Blt. by PRR e PT335 130 is built on the opposite, a practice that continues Jamison Branch Blt. 40” gauge 1872, standard renamed 1910, FUN FACT: The early town of Blt. 1922, ab. 1964 gauge 1909, ab. ca. 1920 abandonment CP CONPIT Florence (now New Florence) original PRR grade. Pleasant Valley on ex-PRR lines. Seger Hillside 711 was built entirely by the L unknown 130 o railroad. y Bradenville Branch Line relocated a Blt. 1902, 1904, ab. 1966 56 &BL Manor Branch Cr C lh Ridgeview Park 1904 Claridge ab a Atlantic Blt. 1885, ab. 1943 tr n PT305 ee 53 n Ardara Manor Branch a L A U R E L H I L L Cr Millwood PRR East Pitcairn g Blt. 1885, ab. 1972 Harrison City Forbes Road eek Freight car Pittsburgh repair shop The Pitcairn car shops oona 981 Branch Station FUN FACT: The Johnstown station Johnstown L B 66 30 Manor Branch (Toll) Derry-Donohoe Bypass were closed in 1955; VR To Alt r Bull Run Branch had the only high-level platforms Inclined Plane u Larimer Blt. 1885, ab. 1984 Graded but not 217 Westbound Passenger yard functions were transferred J and Harrisbur s Blt. 1890, currently Peanut Blt. 1891 h on the PRR, west of Lancaster. Alexandria Branch completed 1920s C H E S T N U T R I D G E classification to the new Samuel Rea Run PT330 out of service Main Line blt. 1851 yard 56 Shop in Hollidaysburg. They were removed in 1981. MP 1.6 Je Brush Run Branch Blt. 1884, ab. 1964 Johnstown- Beatty anne VRJ ton Blt. 1891, ab. 1984 Luxor Derry L Irwin Steel car repair shop 130 Penn t PT275 FUN FACT: Pittsburgh Shaf te Alexandria Branch C&BL Conemaugh & Black Lick Johnstown Manor Site of New Radebaugh PT310 Station is at Milepost Main Line Original Main Line CP TROBE Metal yard CSX CSX Transportation Line relocated Tunnel daylighted 1965 J&SC Johnstown & Stony Creek 353.1. Brinton-Beatty blt. 1851; to Alexandria Pittsburgh Reclamation 1901 Grapeville Blt. 1852 Derry Station Repair yard LGV Ligonier Valley Youghiogheny Branch Branch due to Main LCL Transfer Westbound For more Johnstown Jeannette Branch PT325 Latrobe Railroad Park receiving yard yard LVRJ Lehigh Valley Rail Management Blt. 1899, ab. 1982 Old Radebaugh Line relocation 1906; Line relocated 34 stall detail, see TRAINS’ “Map Blt. 1911, ab. 1984 ville State Route 217 NS Norfolk Southern Tunnel blt. 1852, g Donohoe ab. 1971 1904 roundhouse Inbound power of the Month,” Aug. 2010. adebaugh ab. 1977 217 PRR Pennsylvania CP RADE R Unity I.T. aden Eastbound Cereal Br receiving yard Eastbound SWP Southwest Pennsylvania eensbur PT315 ty FUN FACT: The westbound classification TCKR Turtle Creek Industrial Railroad 30 Carr Tunnel X C Gr at lane of U.S. Route 30 is yard S S e wn WP Western Pennsylvania C Youghiogheny Branch PT320 LV to PRR 1952; o & B Lippencott t J built on the grade of the airn No. 4 repair yard Abandoned Blt. 1899, ab. 1941 Dragging equipment detector Branch ab. 2011 Ligonier Valley. c Dragging equipment Radebaugh Branch Blt. ca. 1896 Pit Johns Pitcairn Yard 1950 Out of service (o/s) 981 Kingston and hotbox detector Blt. 1888, to SWP 1995 Southwest Secondary Line relocated Ligonier Valley Pitcairn Yard was built Interlocking tower 30 Unity Branch Blt. 1877, ab. 1952 from 1880-1907 and was Hempfield Branch Blt. 1873, to SWP 1995 1902 P E N N S Y L V A N I A Turtle Creek N Roundhouse 30 Blt. 1889, ab. 1966 30 closed by Conrail in 1979, Branch to 0 Scale 10 miles Loyalhanna when its functions were Blt. 1890, ab. 1976 C Saltsburg Water tower r transferred to Conway. “SZ” e e “Toms Run” and Trafford © 2014 Kalmbach Publishing Co., TRAINS: Bill Metzger PRR Pittsburgh Passenger station k “Alum Bank” remote Division 1950 from BI at MP 10 Advance yard Station

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